Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 4-15-2008
Abstract
Open access, or the idea anyway, came to life nearly a decade and a half ago. Now almost fifteen years later, we’re still talking about it, still paying exorbitant amounts for periodicals, or their still relatively new counterparts, electronic aggregate databases. Experts tell me that fifteen years is not enough time for a good idea to catch on. I guess that’s the way it is with Murphy’s Law: bad ideas catch on instantly while good ideas come and go, most never seeing the light of day.
Keywords
Institutional Repositories, IRs, Open Access, OA, Bepress, Digital Commons
Digital Commons Citation
Herring, Mark Y., "IRs Rx for Libs? Possibly" (2008). Dacus Library Faculty Publications. 64.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/dacus_facpub/64
